Cosmos BW

Gallery: FloraPosted July 3, 20189,130 views7 comments

I was reprocessing this older (2011) cosmos image for a project. After doing so, I then decided to try it in B&W as well. Thoughts? Suggestions? Sorry I have been awol from posting. Computer and life issues. My 27" Imac died, and I replaced it with a macbook, so everything I am doing is on a laptop for now, making processing and even viewing other images more problematic. Will be getting a large monitor at some point.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 3, 2018 at 6:53 PM

Scott: This is marvelous. Great textures and tones and I like your DOF/POF choice. Superb conversion. 2+ thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 3, 2018 at 8:06 PM

The usual shallow focus made new by B/W conversion. What brought you to undertake it? I definitely like it, anyway.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 3, 2018 at 10:40 PM

What brought you to undertake it?

Good question, Phil. Thanks for asking. IMO, only certain types of floral images look good w/o color. As with B&W photography in general, it requires interesting form and textures. Although cosmos have great color, I thought the form of the flower and the lines in the petals, against the soft bg, might work in B&W. Never know until you try.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 6, 2018 at 2:40 PM

B&W works great! I'm thinking it's even strong that it would be in color. The low-contrast, selective focus, and the blur make for an extremely engaging and calming image. This is a nice direction.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 7, 2018 at 6:15 AM

Awesome image! Congrats.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 13, 2018 at 12:28 PM

A beautiful design with a pen of light. I love the photo Scott.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 13, 2018 at 2:00 PM

Absolutely gorgeous one, Scott.......Congratulations on the WP for this very fine image. devil

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